Drier for alimentary paste.



P. DE MARTINI.

DRIER FOR ALIMENTARY PASTE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.15, 1918.

l Q'YQEUG Patented Aug. 20, 1918.

2 SHEETSSHEET I.

1 "erm ne inn nice PAUL DE MARTINI, or JAMAICA, new roan.

I DRIER FOR ALIMENTABY PASTE.

massed Application filed January 15, 1918; Serial No. 211,929.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL DE MARTINI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamaica, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Driers for Alimentary Paste; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, su h as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention has reference, generally, to drying apparatus for alimentary paste; and the invention relates, more par 'ticularly, to an improved construction of apparatus for drying and seasoning macaroni, spaghetti, noodles, and other paste products, expeditiously and under highly eiiicient ;sanitary conditions. i r

Th'e i nvention has for its principal object to provide a novel drying apparatus provided with means for both controlling and directing air currents against the material to be dried, and admitting light into the drying compartment, whereby a sanitary condition is maintained within the same, rendering the interior of the compartment and the macaroni on other alimentary paste stored therein for drying, little liable to attacks of germ growths which are so prone to propagate themselves indarkplaces,

Another object of the present invention is to provide in a novel compartment drying apparatus of the kind above mentioned, means giving ready access thereinto for the storing and removing of the material therein; and also means for circulatingthe air admitted thereinto through the novel air controlling and directing means.

Otherobj ects of this invention, not at this time more particularly enumerated, will be clearly understood from the following detailed description of the same.

With the various objects of my present invention in view the same consists, primarily, in the novel construction and arran ement of compartment drying apparatus or alimentary paste products hereinafter set forth; and the invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and com-f binations of the various devices and parts,

as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and then finally embodied in the'claims appended to this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the exterior of the novel compartment drying apparatus made according to and embodying the principles of my present invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the same looking downward; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same; and F ig, 4 is a vertical cross section through the same taken on line H in said Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow as.

Similar characters of reference are em- (ployed in all 'of the hereinafter described views, to indicate corresppndingparts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the

'reference character 1 indicates the complete novel construction of compartment drying apparatus for alimentary paste productsmade according to and embodying the principles of my present invention, th e same comprising side walls 2, roof or ceiling 3,

and floor 4, all providing an inclosed compartment 5, the ends of which are closed by my novel air and light-admission and Contn'elling means to be subsequently described.

The novel construction of regulatablaair and light controlling andadmissmn means arranged at each end of said compartment 5' light transmitting material. Each sashframe is centrally pivoted by fulcrum pins 10 to the frame work 6 so as tomount said ."sashframes and their light admitting panels in said openings 7 in such a manner that by turning the same upon their fulcrum pins they may be individually opened or closed to any desired degree and inclination to.

cause the same to both regulate the amount of air admitted through said openings 7 and also direct the same in desired currents on paths through-the interior of the compartment, while the transparent panels admlt light at all 'times to the said interior of the compartment. .Zhe openings 7, and the sash-frames supported therein, may be made of any desired area or size, and consequently may be increased or decreased in number within the entire area to he closed thereby, as may be desired, or as may seem most convenient and suitable to the location and size of the novel drying apparatus.

Located within said compartment 5, so as to rotate in a transverse vertical plane therein, are one or more air circulating or driving fans 11, the shafts 12 ct which are journaled in bearings l3secured upon suitable supporting structures or standards 14-. Said fans may he driven by any suitable means from a source of power either within or without the compartment 5, although, as illustrated, the same are shown driven by a pulley mounted onthc shaft 12, over which runs a driving belt 16, extending eXteriorly of. said compartment 5 to some suitable power generating or transmission means. The fans thus mounted are capable of rotation in either direction.

The spaces at either side of the tan or fans 11 are provided to receive theipaste suppor ing racks upon which the product to be dried is supported in the presence of the light and air admitted to the interior hi the compartment, and to the drying influence oi the air as circulatedor moved through said compartment by said tan or tans.

Arranged in the sidewalls of said com-- partment oppositethe location of each fan 11 therein are doors 19 having light admitting panels 20, which doors maybe utilized for gaining admission to the interior of the compartment at points where the fans are located. In like manner said side walls 2 are further provided with wider doors 1'? having light admitting panels 18 located opposite the spaces of the compartment devoted to the storage racks for the products to be dried, so that the product may be properly taken into and removed from the interior of said compartment therethrough. /Vhile in the drawings l have shown said partment. v

doors 1'? and 19 are all provided with light intense drawings in Letters Patent $51,237,874,

heretofore issued to me, and dated August In operating my novel drying apparatus the racks 21 are loaded and then rolled through the open doors 1'? into proper position on either side oi the fans 11, and the doors 1? closed. The sash-frames 8 are opened in the desired numbers and positions to admit the air. The sash-trainee are set at the desired angles to direct the air currents and distribute the same so that the air is brought into contact with all portions of the supported product on the racks, and then the fans 11 are set in motion to keep the air currents moving through the com- Since the sashetrames 8 and the admitting panels, the interior of the drying compartment is thus open to the admission of plenty of l ght with the air, consequently, the sanitary condition of the compartment is greatly improved, and the presence of the light is greatly discouraging to the propa gation of injurious germ life within the compartment or in contact with the product stored therein for drying. At the same time, by thus rendering the interior of the coinpartment light at all times the presence of any dirt or other unsanitary condition is readily detected, so that prompt measures. may be adapted to remove the same, and thus forestall any detrimental efiects due thereto.

The lane 11 exert a pulling and propelling action on the air within the compartnient, so that fresh air passes through the opened spaces 7 of the compartment and out of the opened spaces 7 at the opposite end. in this manner a direct continuously flowing and constantly renewed current of air is passed in contact with the product to be dried, the force of the air being broken by the inclination of the opened sash-frames 8 admitting the air through said openings 7, so that a not too violent draft or current of air is set in motion, which would tend to doors 1'? and-19 in both side walls said shatter or brealr the suspended product with compartment, ii desired, they may be omitted in one side thereoif'.

The most convenient form of raclr for the support of the rcduct to be dried comprises a movable rac 21 mounted on rollers or casters 22. These racks may be loaded with the material to be dried exteriorly oi the compartment 5, and then wheeled into the same through a door 17, and subsequently, when the product is properly dried, wheeled out again and unloaded The said racks 21 may be adapted to support the cross-rods 23 from which long paste 2% such as macaroni or spaghetti may be suspended (as shown), or they may be adapted to support trays into which short or cut paste is spread for drying, as illustrated in Fig. 6 of consequent waste or loss. The inclination of the sash-frames also tends to so deflect the incoming air "from a too straight path of movement, and thereby tends to force the same with proper distributive eilect into contact with the entire mass of paste product supported by the racks, and in this manner, said sash frames with their transparent panels, serve substantially the same purpose, and are an improvement upon the louver. hoard construction of my earlier Letters Patent .:,t;':l,237,87 l-, dated August 21st, 1917.

The said sash-frames 8 and their panels also lend themselves to individual or group adjustment, so that t e deleterious ei ect of too rapid drying of the product, due to errtlll ing the several sash-frames, much in thesame manner as already described in my earlier patent above mentioned.

- I am aware that some changes may be made in the arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in' the details of the construction of the same, without departing from the scope of my present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as defined in the appended claims, Hence, I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts as described in the foregoing'specification, nor do I confine myself to' e exact details of the construction of the sa1d parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim w 1. In a device of the kinddescribed, a main compartment, transverse racks spaced apart within said compartment for supporting material in exposure to ainpassed therethrough, a rotary fan situated in the, intermediate space between adjacent racks, said fan being adapted to be rotated in a transverse plane, and regulatable air admission and controlling means at' each end of said compartment, said air admission and controlling means having transparent means admitting light into the interior of said compartment.

- 2. In a device of the kind described, a main compartment, transverse racks spaced apart within said compartment for support- I ing material in exposure to. air passed therethrough, a rotary fan situated in the intermediate space between adjacent r'acks, sa1d fan being adapted to be rotated in a trans-- verse plane, regulatable air admission and controlling means at each end of said compartment, said air admission and controlling means having transparent means admitting light into the interior of said compartment, and a side wall of said compartment having doors provided with transparent light admitting panels, said doors providing means of entrance and exit to the rack occupying spaces of said compartment.

3.. In a device of. the kind described, a main compartment, transverse racks spaced apart within said compartment for supporting material in exposure to air passed therethrough, a rotary fan situated in the intermediate space between adjac'ent racks, said fan being adapted to be rotated in a transverse plane, regulatable air admission and means having transparent means admitting light into the interior of said compartment, a side wall of said compartment having doors provided with transparent light as.

doors provided with transparent light admitting panels providing means of entrance and exit to the fan occupying spaces of said compartment. v

4. In a device of the kind described, a main compartment, transverse racks spaced apart within said compartment for supportingmaterial in exposure to air passed therethrough, a rotary fan situated in the intermediate space between adjacent racks, said fan being adapted to be rotated in a transverse plane, a plurality of regulatable air 0 admission and controlling means at each end of said compartment, said means in totality being substantially coextensive with the area of the ends of said compartment, and said means comprising a plurality of transversely pivoted sash-members, independently movable, and provided with transparent panels admitting light into the interior of said compartment.

5. In a device of the kind described, a main compartment, transverse racks spaced apart within said compartment for supporting material in exposure to air passed therethrough, a rotary fan situated in the intermediate space between adjacent racks, said fan being adapted to' be rotated in a trans- .verse plane, a plurality of regulatable air admission and controlling means at each end of said compartment, said means in totality being substantially coextensive with the area of the ends of said compartment, said means comprising a lurality of transversely pivot ed sash-mem rs, independently movable, and provided with transparent panels admitting light'into the interior of said compartment, and a side wall of said compartment having doors provided with transparentlight admitting panels, said doors providing means of entrance and exit t0 the y rack occupying spaces of said compartment.

6. In a device of the kind described, a, main compartment, transverse racks spaced apart within said compartment for supporting material in exposure to air passed there through, a rotary fan" situated in the intermediate space between adjacent racks, said fan being adapted to be rotated in a trans verse plane, a plurality of regulatable air admission and controlling means at each end of said compartment, said means in totality being substantially eoextensive'with the area of the ends of said compartment, said means comprising a plurality of transversely pivoted sash-members, independently movable,

and provided with transparent panels admitting light into the interior of said compart-' ment, a side wall of said compartment havspaces of said compartment, and addi ional doors provided 'vvith transparent l' tadrnitting panels providing means of entrance and exit to the an occupying spaces of said compartment.

7. a device of the hind described, a main compartment, transverse racks spa ed apart Within said compartment for supporting material exposure to air passed therethrough, rotary sitnatedin the intermediate space between adjacent racks, said :tan being adapted to be rotated in a transverse plane, a frame-Work at each end of said compartment providing a. plurality of openings, a sash-trains transversely pivoted in each opening, each sash-frame being inde pendently movable and adjustable in its opening to admit and direct the flow of air through the latter, and each sash-frame having a transparent panel admitting light into the interior of said compartment.

8. a device of the hind described, main compartment, transverse racks spaced apart Within said compartment for support ing material in exposure to air passed there- .throngh, a rotary "fan situated in the interinediate spacebetvveen adjacent racks, said fan being adapted to be rotated in a transverse plane, a frame-Work at each end or said compartment providing a plurality of openings, a sash-frame transversely pivoted in each opening, each sash-frame being independently movable and adjustable; in its opening to admit and directthe flow oE-air through the latter, each sash-trains having ,a transparent panel admitting -ight into the interior of said compartment, and side Wall of said compartm nt having doors progal vided with transparent light admitting panels, said doors providing means of entrance and exit to the rack occupying spaces of said compartment.

9. in a device of the hind described,

main compartment, transverse racks spaced a oart Within said compartment for supporting material in exposure to air passed therethrongh, a rotary fan situated in the int mediate space between adjacent racks, said fan being adantedvto be rotated ina trans;

verse plan aine-ivorlr ea ad or said C01;

in each opening, each sash-frame being indegaendently movable and adjustable in its vided with transparent light admitting panels, said doors providing means of en-' trance and exit to the rachoccnpying spaces or said compartment, and additional doors provider. with transparent light admitting panels providing means of entrance'and exit to fan occupying spaces of said compartment. 1

ill. in a device of the hind described, a main compartment, transverse rachs Within said corn oartroentlor snn' erting material in exposure to air passed therethro'ugh, a

'i'raree-vvork at each end oi said-compartrnent providing a plurality of onenings, a sash-frame transversely pivoted in each opening, each sash-frame being independently movable and ad ustable in its open ing to admit and direct the flovv cit air throngh the latter. and each sash-irainelhav- 'ing a transparent panel admitting lightinto the interior oi said compartment. a

ii. in a device of the End described, a compartment, transverse racks Within said conapartinent'ior supporting material in exposure to air passed tnerethrongh, a

irarne-vvorlr at each end of said compartment providing a plurality of openings, a sashtransversely pivoted in each opening,

" each sash-frame being indenendently movable and adjustable in its opening toadmit and direct the flow of air through the latter, each sash-frame having a transparent oanel light into the interior of said compartment and a side Wall or? cornroartnient having doors provided with transparent light adnarttmg panels, said doors 1 providing means of entrance and exit to the rack occupying spaces cit said compartment. in testimony that I claim the invention 9th day annary, 1918. I

' PAUL BE MARTY-11 "ions 

